Toddler Art – Easy Valentine’s Day Banner Tutorial

It may be no surprise to you that I love banners (you will find a few banner tutorials on here that I made!), so for Valentine’s Day I really wanted to make something that incorporated some of the finger paint art that my toddler has made. This turned out better than I imagined and it was so simple!

1. Start by having your child create some artwork for you. I taped a large piece of white doodle paper onto my toddlers art table then I let her go wild with finger paints!

2. Once they are finished creating their masterpiece, let the paint dry then cut hearts from the painting. I just freehand cut all mine and I wanted them all to be different sizes and shapes.

3. For the actual banner pieces I used book paper from a standard sized pocket paperback book. I simply cut a triangle out of the bottom of each page.

4. Glue your hearts onto the banner pages.

5. Next cut a piece of twine longer than what you plan to need for your entire banner, you can trim it down later. Fold over the top of one of the banner pages about 1 inch. Leave at least 16 inches on one end of your twine and then place it along the crease of the banner page (as in above photo).

6. Fold over the twine and staple into place. Leave a couple inches of the twine, then add another banner page to the twine and continue the process.

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Originally from Victoria BC, Canada, I'm now living in Chicago IL. I mostly just make mini albums now, and I’m the author of Memory Makers Book: “Outstanding Mini Albums”, 2009. I am a Certified Ranger Educator and I previously taught classes in Vancouver BC, as well as at Scrapbooking Conventions around the USA. I'm also an Exotic Animal Trainer/ Wildlife Educator and with my husband we do educational live animal shows for schools, parties and events. We literally have a small zoo at our home, with over 70 different animals. To add even more excitement to our lives, we recently became new parents when we welcomed our baby girl, Ava, in July 2012. As well as here at Homeketeers, I can be found over on my other 2 sites: www.jessicaacs.com and www.outstandingminialbums.com

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